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Monday, January 30, 2017Jack Crawford was born in McGill, Nevada, to Patrick (Pat) and Mary (Mae) Crawford. Pat and Mae were Irish immigrants from County Down, Northern Ireland.Jack was raised in McGill and attended White Pine High School in Ely, where he was a member of the National Honor Society, National Merit Society, and Student Counsel. He graduated from high school in 1959. He attended the University of Nevada, Reno, graduating in 1964 with a Bachelor Degree in Education. Jack was a member of the National History Honor Society, Phi Alpha Theta, and the National Political Science Honor Society, Pi Sigma Alpha.He was a substitute teacher at Reno High School for a short time, and then joined the Nevada Air National Guard in 1965, and then the United States Air Force in 1968, achieving the rank of Sergeant, and was honorably discharged in 1969. During this time, he stumbled across a job with the Nevada Department of Transportation, later becoming the Chief Right of Way Agent, responsible for the land where our state highways and freeways are currently located. Retiring in 1997 with 33 years of service to the State of Nevada, Jack was extremely proud of his work and the relationships he formed.Jack was a faithful mem...
Monday, December 19, 2016Carpenter was born Oct. 13, 1930, in Fallon. He graduated from White Pine High School in Ely and later married Roseann Slater. He purchased a ranch and moved his family to Elko in 1957, where they raised seven children.Democratic U.S. Senator-elect Catherine Cortez Masto called Carpenter “the definition of a public servant, someone who dedicated his entire life to serving Elko and helping his community grow and thrive. From Great Basin College and the Elko Convention Center to the creation of the payment in lieu of taxes law, John is leaving behind a tangible legacy, and Elko is a better place because of his single-minded devotion spanning so many decades.”Republican state Attorney General Adam Laxalt said Carpenter “consistently gave his all to the people of Nevada. I know the residents of Elko will forever be touched by all of the wonderful contributions he made to the community, and I extend my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones in this difficult time.”Others expressing their condolences include U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., and Assemblyman Elliot Anderson, D-Las Vegas, via Twitter.Carpenter was first elected to the Nevada Assembly in 1986.He was honored by the Assembly for his service in 2009. Then-Speaker Barbara Buckley, D-Las Vegas, described Carpenter as someone who “always votes his conscience and is never swayed by politics, partisanship and the popularity of an issue. He figures out what he thinks is right and that’s how he votes.”His successor, Assemblyman John Ellison of Elko, posted on his Facebook page about Carpenter’s death.“Our hearts are heavy and filled with great sadness that we had to tell an amazing man, leader, and friend goodbye yesterday,” he...
Monday, August 15, 2016But by the 1970s, more of the company's profits were going into buying land for replacing and replenishing."He wanted to preserve what remained of the white pine," he said.Over more than 25 years, Jack Rajala oversaw the planting of more than a million white pine seedlings. Through his own research and study, he believed that the big native pines that were nearly logged out of Minnesota, Wisconsin and upper Michigan in the 19th Century could be brought back."The Department of Natural Resources did not believe that the white pine could be restored, but Jack refused to believe that," Hodnik said. "The white pine was Jack's act of faith. The DNR director eventually acquiesced, and Jack wrote a book that proved you can restore a species and have a more natural forest."Most of Rajala's forestry expertise was self taught and learning one-on-one from others. He graduated from St. Olaf with a degree in accounting, but later took forestry management classes and attended lectures about climate change. Many times he would get up at 3 a.m. in the winter to look at the trees in the moonlight. "There's less glare. He spent night after night chasing the white pines," Nathan Rajala said.Doug Lewis of Duluth, a longtime friend and hunting buddy, recalled deer camps with Rajala. At dinner after a day of hunting, Rajala offered a prayer of thanks for food and the trees. "He always said that we plant and care for the trees and God grows them. He knew his place in the universe," Lewis said.Rajala came up with a way to protect the white pine against deer, which eat the tops of the young trees, stunting vertical growth. His solution was to put a 3-inch by 5-inch piece of paper folded in half and stapled around the tip to cover it. Known as bud caps, they were checked periodically until the tree grew to about 9 feet where deer could no longer reach the tip.The "guru of the white pine" was a changed man when he was in the forest. "Jack loved the woods. That was his soul. It was like he was part of it. He read it and understood i...
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Monday, January 30, 2017Jack Crawford was born in McGill, Nevada, to Patrick (Pat) and Mary (Mae) Crawford. Pat and Mae were Irish immigrants from County Down, Northern Ireland.Jack was raised in McGill and attended White Pine High School in Ely, where he was a member of the National Honor Society, National Merit Society, and Student Counsel. He graduated from high school in 1959. He attended the University of Nevada, Reno, graduating in 1964 with a Bachelor Degree in Education. Jack was a member of the National History Honor Society, Phi Alpha Theta, and the National Political Science Honor Society, Pi Sigma Alpha.He was a substitute teacher at Reno High School for a short time, and then joined the Nevada Air National Guard in 1965, and then the United States Air Force in 1968, achieving the rank of Sergeant, and was honorably discharged in 1969. During this time, he stumbled across a job with the Nevada Department of Transportation, later becoming the Chief Right of Way Agent, responsible for the land where our state highways and freeways are currently located. Retiring in 1997 with 33 years of service to the State of Nevada, Jack was extremely proud of his work and the relationships he formed.Jack was a faithful mem...
Monday, December 19, 2016Carpenter was born Oct. 13, 1930, in Fallon. He graduated from White Pine High School in Ely and later married Roseann Slater. He purchased a ranch and moved his family to Elko in 1957, where they raised seven children.Democratic U.S. Senator-elect Catherine Cortez Masto called Carpenter “the definition of a public servant, someone who dedicated his entire life to serving Elko and helping his community grow and thrive. From Great Basin College and the Elko Convention Center to the creation of the payment in lieu of taxes law, John is leaving behind a tangible legacy, and Elko is a better place because of his single-minded devotion spanning so many decades.”Republican state Attorney General Adam Laxalt said Carpenter “consistently gave his all to the people of Nevada. I know the residents of Elko will forever be touched by all of the wonderful contributions he made to the community, and I extend my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones in this difficult time.”Others expressing their condolences include U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., and Assemblyman Elliot Anderson, D-Las Vegas, via Twitter.Carpenter was first elected to the Nevada Assembly in 1986.He was honored by the Assembly for his service in 2009. Then-Speaker Barbara Buckley, D-Las Vegas, described Carpenter as someone who “always votes his conscience and is never swayed by politics, partisanship and the popularity of an issue. He figures out what he thinks is right and that’s how he votes.”His successor, Assemblyman John Ellison of Elko, posted on his Facebook page about Carpenter’s death.“Our hearts are heavy and filled with great sadness that we had to tell an amazing man, leader, and friend goodbye yesterday,” he...
Monday, August 15, 2016But by the 1970s, more of the company's profits were going into buying land for replacing and replenishing."He wanted to preserve what remained of the white pine," he said.Over more than 25 years, Jack Rajala oversaw the planting of more than a million white pine seedlings. Through his own research and study, he believed that the big native pines that were nearly logged out of Minnesota, Wisconsin and upper Michigan in the 19th Century could be brought back."The Department of Natural Resources did not believe that the white pine could be restored, but Jack refused to believe that," Hodnik said. "The white pine was Jack's act of faith. The DNR director eventually acquiesced, and Jack wrote a book that proved you can restore a species and have a more natural forest."Most of Rajala's forestry expertise was self taught and learning one-on-one from others. He graduated from St. Olaf with a degree in accounting, but later took forestry management classes and attended lectures about climate change. Many times he would get up at 3 a.m. in the winter to look at the trees in the moonlight. "There's less glare. He spent night after night chasing the white pines," Nathan Rajala said.Doug Lewis of Duluth, a longtime friend and hunting buddy, recalled deer camps with Rajala. At dinner after a day of hunting, Rajala offered a prayer of thanks for food and the trees. "He always said that we plant and care for the trees and God grows them. He knew his place in the universe," Lewis said.Rajala came up with a way to protect the white pine against deer, which eat the tops of the young trees, stunting vertical growth. His solution was to put a 3-inch by 5-inch piece of paper folded in half and stapled around the tip to cover it. Known as bud caps, they were checked periodically until the tree grew to about 9 feet where deer could no longer reach the tip.The "guru of the white pine" was a changed man when he was in the forest. "Jack loved the woods. That was his soul. It was like he was part of it. He read it and understood i...
